NCAA DIVISION 2 MEN. Defending champion Ft. Lewis moved into this weekend's final four in Pensacola, Fla., with a 5-2 victory over 2004 champion Seattle. John Cunliffe, who scored his 27th goal of the season, Kieran Hall and Nick Kirchhof led the Skyhawks with a goal and an assist apiece. Also moving into the final four are Pensacola school West Florida and Lincoln Memorial, both teams loaded with Brazilian talent. Dowling rounds out the final four.
NCAA DIVISION 2 WOMEN. Grand Valley State knocked off defending champion Nebraska-Omaha with a 1-0 victory in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Shannon Carrier gave the Lakers the lead just six minutes into the game. West Chester improved to 23-0-0 with a 2-1 victory over Franklin Pierce on Michele Kolonet's goal with just 50 seconds left in regulation. The Golden Rams face Metro State, a 2-0 winner over UC San Diego, in Thursday's semifinals. Tampa, which faces Grand Valley State in the other semifinal, crushed Tusculum, 5-0. Shelby Kuni's opening goal tied her school record with 26th goal of the season. Freshman Jocelyn Charette then followed with three goals.
NCAA DIVISION 3 MEN. Steve Wondolowski scored two goals in the first 18 minutes, and UC Santa Cruz cruised to a 4-0 victory over top-ranked Trinity (Texas) in the second round. Also gone is fourth-ranked Redlands, which fell to Wheaton (Ill.), 4-1, in the second round. Said retiring Wheaton coach Joe Bean, ''We are the Rodney Dangerfield team of the NCAA Tournament so far. No one expected this from us.'' The win improved Bean's NCAA record to 605 wins.
NCAA DIVISION 3 WOMEN. Trinity's top-ranked women's team also fell as Hardin-Simmons beat the Tigers, 2-1, in the second round on Sunday. Whitney Piendak scored her 30th goal of the season, and freshman Jordan Morley added the second goal with 11th of the season for the Cowgirls, who improved to 18-0-4. Caitrin Abshere scored two second-half goals to lift Middlebury to a 3-2 win over third-ranked Western Connecticut State.